ESO — First Confirmed Image of Newborn Planet Caught with ESO’s VLT — Science Release eso1821

ESO — Reaching New Heights in Astronomy Subscription preferences | Unsubscribe | View in browser European Southern Observatory ESO News 2 July 2018 2 July 2018 — ESO Science Release eso1821 First Confirmed Image of Newborn Planet Caught with ESO's VLT— Spectrum reveals cloudy atmosphere SPHERE, a planet-hunting instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, has captured the first confirmed image of a planet caught in the act of forming in the dusty disc surrounding a young star. The young planet is carving a path through the primordial disc of gas and dust around the very young star PDS 70. The data suggest that the planet's atmosphere is cloudy. The release, images and videos are available on: https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1821/ Kind regards, The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department 2 July 2018   ESO Announcements The Messenger No. 172 Now Available 29 June 2018: The latest edition of ESO's quarterly journal, The Messenger, is now available online. Find out the latest news from ESO on topics ranging from new instruments to the latest ... Read more ESOcast 168: NEOs — Near Earth Objects 29 June 2018: Near Earth Objects (NEOs) are bodies in the Solar System with orbits that can bring them into close proximity with the Earth. Every day, many of these objects collide with ... Read more   ESOblog Hunting for Other Worlds — ESO Fellow Matias Jones tells us about ESO's search for exoplanets Interview with: Matias Jones 29 June 2018: Ever since the first detection of a planet orbiting a pulsar in 1992, astronomers have been keenly searching for more, driven by perhaps the most profound question for humanity: is ... Read more Share this newsletter on:     Start receiving this newsletter in your language  Picture of the Week 2 July 2018 ALMA spies a new planetary nursery Upcoming Events Ongoing Café & Kosmos in Munich 24 - 29 June 2019: Starmus V 2 July 2019: Total Solar Eclipse Upcoming Exhibitions 3 July - 31 August 2018: Exposicion sobre el Extremely Large Telescope (ELT) en Biblioteca de Santiago. Santiago, Chile. 20 - 31 August 2018: IAU General Assembly. Vienna, Austria. 24 - 29 June 2019: Starmus V event. Bern, Switzerland.              ESO Pictures of the Week You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to ESO News. Subscription preferences | Unsubscribe | View in browser Follow us on: European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str 2, D-85748 Garching bei München, Germany